Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability

University of California, Irvine

Proposal to list 12 penguin species as threatened or endangered
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973

by Peter Bryant

In November, 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list 12 penguin species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.  The Service found that the listing of ten of the species may be warranted; but that the information available did not justify listing two of the species (snares crested penguin and royal penguin).  The Service therefore initiated a status review of the other ten species of penguins to determine whether they should be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.  The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the administration over its failure to act on this issue

Conservation Group Sues Bush Administration Over Delay in Penguin Protection

Proposed Rule published in the Federal Register

Biology and status of Penguin species

Marilee's Endangered Animals Links

 

Write to:

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Director, International Affairs,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N.

Fairfax Drive, Room 760, Arlington, VA 22203

**If you believe that the basic problem is global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions, then you should ALSO write a letter to President Bush asking him to submit the Kyoto protocol to the Senate for ratification.  This will commit the U.S. to reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.  Read the background on the Kyoto protocol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol#Description
especially the position of the U.S. administration:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol#Position_of_the_United_States

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Your comments and suggestions on this document are welcome. Please send them to:
Dr. Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717, USA
Phone (714) 824-4714 Fax (714) 824-3571